Georgia forestry, Vol. 47, no. 1 (Spring 1994)

Georgia
Forestry
USPS No. 217120
Spring, 1994 No. 1 Vol.47
STAFF Howard E. Bennett, Editor William S. Edwards, Assoc. Editor Jackie Bleemel, Graphic Artist Bob Lazenby, Technical Advisor
Zell Miller, Governor John W. Mixon, Director
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Jim Gillis, Jr., Chairman, Soperton
Felton Denney, Carrollton James Fendig, Savannah Dr. Gloria Shatto, Rome Robert Simpson, Ill, Lakeland
DISTRICf OFFICES District One
3086 Martha Berry Hwy., NE/Rome, GA 30165
District Two 3005 Manta HwyJGainesville, GA 30507
District Three 1055 E. Whitehal RdJAthens, GA 30605
District Four 187 Corinth RdJNewnan, GA 30263
District Five 119 Hwy. 49/Milledgeville, GA 31061
District Six 1465 Tignall Rd./Washington, GA 30673
District Seven 243 U.S. Hwy. 19 N/Americus, GA 31709
District Eight Route 3 , Box 17ffifton, GA 31794
District Nine P> 0 > Box 345/Camilla, GA 31730
District Ten Route 2, Box 28/Statesboro, GA 30458
District Eleven Route 1, Box 67/Helena, GA 31037
District Twelve 5003 Jacksonville Hwy./Waycross, GA 31503
Urban Project 6835 Memorial Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Georgia Forestry is published quarterly by the Georgia Forestry Commission, Route 1, Box 181, Dry Branch, GA 31020. Second class postage paid at Macon, GA POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Georgia Forestry Commission, Route 1, Box 181 , Dry Branch, GA31020.
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The year was 1926- 18 years before Smokey Bear made the fire prevention scene -when the U.S. Forest Service "Showboat" stopped at Mount Lebanon School in the Cherokee National Forest (now part of the Chattahoochee National Forest in North Georgia) to show black and white slides and present forest fire prevention material to the students. The old wooden school was in the Blue Ridge District, an area assigned to the legendary Ranger Arthur Woody. The colorful ranger, who typified many of the early-day forest rangers, is shown pointing to the poster over the school entrance. The Showboat was a bus converted into a traveling unit to help spread the fire prevention message.
ON THE COVER - The beauty of another early springtime enhances this clear stream in the Dawson State Forest and Commission photographer Billy Godfrey was on hand to capture the tranquil scene on film.

LYME DISEASE SUBJECT OF INTENSE UGA STUDY

Lyme disease, transmitted to humans by ticks, has caused most people to take extra precautions when frequenting Georgia's vast forestlands mainly because there are no effective treatments when the disease has reached latter stages.
Frank Gherardini, a University of Georgia professor of microbiology, is working diligently to change the nocure status of progressed Lyme disease. If the disease is not treated early, it progresses to a chronic, debilitating sickness affecting the joints and central nervous system. To make Lyme disease even more threatening, there are no reliable diagnostic tests or vaccines avail able .
SUITABLE TARGET
Gherardini, however, believes that identification of a protein on the surface of Lyme disease bacterium would be a suitable target for a vaccine - and to design a reliable diagnostic test. According to Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 7,760 cases of Lyme disease were reported nationwide last year; 43 of those cases were in Georgia. The lack of a reliable diagnostic testing suggests the disturbing possibility that an undetermined number of people may have the disease and not know it.
"The trick to designing a vaccine is figuring out which proteins to target," Gherardini said, "because this bacterium (4Jme disease) has the ability to change its outer surface

proteins to fool the immune system." Gherardini's past research has also
focused on bacteria causing disease. As a researcher at the University of North Carolina, he studied Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis in humans. This type of bacterium possesses capabilities of change similar to the Lyme disease bacterium.

In 1991, Gherardini joined the University of Georgia faculty and began his study of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Seventeen years ago, he was a chemist analyzing samples for a Illinois meat-processing company when a diving accident left him confined to a wheelchair with limited use of his hands.
NEVER GAVE UP
"A good percentage of people with disabilities just kind of give up, but I can't stand to be bored," Gherardini said. He changed careers and acquired two masters degrees and a doctorate that required manipulating complicated laboratory instruments with his hands.
"The number of people who have done this kind of work with disabilities like mine is almost nil," he said. "Everything I did as a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher, I had to figure out how to do. That was half the battle, figuring out new ways to do things. "
Gherardini is currently applying this same type of drive and innovation to his Lyme disease research. If past accomplishments are any indication, a breakthrough could be on the way.

UGA Professor Frank Gheradini is conducting protein related research that may lead to breakthrough in vaccine or cure for Lyme disease.

Photo by Rick OQuinn - UGA News Bureau.

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CamU/a District Forester Greg Rndley, left, and retired farmer Paul Parker stand at one of the giant trees in a grove that was discovered by a movie company after a statewide search for the perfect setting for certain scenes in a movie.

MOVIt; SCOUT St;Lt;CTS MITCHt;LL COUNTY OAk:S

Paul Parker finds nothing unusual about the large grove of spreading oaks on his Mitchell County farm , but he said a location scout, combing the state for a forthcoming movie, "had a fit" when she discovered the mammoth, mossdraped trees.
The retired farmer admitted he was skeptical when first approached about the use of his land for scenes in a $42 million motion picture featuring popular Hollywood star Kevin Costner, but now the Parker family is looking forward to the October release of "The War," a movie that will not only include scenes of their picturesque oaks, but will have Parker and sons Michael and William, alongside Costner, portraying migrant workers gathering potatoes in a field on the family farm.
FINAL SHOOTING
Although plans for filming on the Parker place were made last summer, final shooting was not made until a couple of days in February of this year.
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More than 100 people, including the production crew, Costner, child star Elijah Wood, and Director Jon Avnet, who directed "Fried Green Tomatoes," converged on the scene.
GOOD STEWARD
The director needed young trees for one particular shot and Parker accommodated him by providing fiveyear-old pines that were cut and stuck in the ground to create a temporary forest at the edge of the grove. Camilla District Forester Greg Rndley, who described Parker as "a good steward of his land," said the retired farmer and tree grower was reluctant to sacrifice even a few young pines, although the cutting made only a "small dent" in his plantations.
The setting for 'The War" is a small Mississippi town during the Vietnam War and a tree house in a large oak tree figures prominently in the plot. The most spectacular tree in Parker's Grove was seriously considered for the house, but the movie company finally settled on a tree in Beaufort,

South Carolina. The Carolina trees, however, didn't produce enough leaves to suit the moviemakers and a truckload of oak leaves in Parkers' grove were shipped to the site.
Although Parker provided the grove and an abundance of crisp, brown oak leaves requested by the producer and director, they came up with one order he couldn't fill. They needed 20,000 pounds of potatoes.
The ten tons of potatoes were shipped to the farm from out of state and scattered over a large field with furrowed rows as if they were being plowed up and harvested. Costner, Parker and his sons and several other locals were "migrant field hands" for a day. After the filming, the potatoes were given to the Salvation Army and other charitable organizations in the area.
SCOUT SAW GROVE
The Parkers' connection with the movie filmed by Pipeline Productions, which is backed by Universal Studios of Hollywood, all started when Michael Parker answered the door to a locations scout who said she was traveling on State Highway 97 enroute to Brunswick. She explained that she had spotted the oak grove and was interested in possibly using the land for a scene in a movie.
Parker's wife, Frances, said after the scout was given a tour of the woodlands, she contacted her producer and "he looked at the land and fell in love with it."
Maida Morgan, locations manager for the production company, said "the whole ambience of this oak grove captured us all. We had never seen anything like it. We sort of sit around and say this grove was made for this film ."
Today, things are back to normal on the Paul Parker farm six miles southwest of Camilla. Cows again move through the oaks on the way to pastures and there is no trace that Hollywood once came to this peaceful grove and filled it with giant cameras and lights and other equipment as movie stars played out their scenes.

Forester Walker Rivers examines the giant condenser and boiler ofthe turpentine stiU to be restored and placed on display in the Georgia Forestry Museum.

Old Turpentine Still Donated to Museum

A valuable segment of Screven County's forestry history will be preserved for posterity by the Georgia Forestry Museum in Macon, thanks to the donation by Beatrice Pfeiffer of a turn-of-the-century tupentine still operated by her family.
The Commission plans to dedicate the still and erect a bronze marker in memory of Mrs. Pfeiffer's late husband, Bruno Pfeiffer, Jr., who died last year. Screven County history shows that Pfieffer, Sr. settled in the Bay Branch area of Screven County in the 1800s. In 1898, he purchased a tract of Brier Creek, land near Brannen's Bridge.
Shortly after purchasing the

property, Pfieffer, Sr. set up the turpentine still that would be donated to the Commission almost a century later. His company chipped three to four thousand acres of trees to operate the still; an acreage of this size was typical of similar still operations in the early 1900s.
Eventually, several thousand such small turpentine stills were established in Georgia. These smaller stills gradually became extinct in 1940s and were replaced by more efficient steam distillation plants.
These distillation plants were located in what was known as the naval stores belt that ran through the Gulf Coast
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Of the thousands of steam distillation facilities that were developed, more than three fourths were located in Georgia. Not only were the distillation plants more efficient that the earlier models, but the facilities also produced a higher grade of turpentine.
Eventually, high-yield gum seedlings were developed to increase turpentine production.
Soon the spread of these new steam distillation plants made the old turpentine stills an anachronism - and very valuable collectors' item.
The Pfeiffer still produced approximately 75 to 80 barrels (50 gallons each) of crude gum per week. During the still's years of initial operation, turpentine was in much greater demand than rosin. As the years passed, however, the demand for gum rosin became much greater than turpentine.
Products of the Pfeiffer operation were hauled in handmade barrels to the Savannah River by mules and loaded on steamboats enroute to Savannah and Augusta. Barrels in which the turpentine was deposited

were made by John Robbins II, who operated the Pfeiffer still from 1901 until the operation closed in 1939. Robbins was a cooper (tradesman who made barrels) and was in charge of the cooperage shop adjacent to the still. In those days, stills often had their own inhouse woodworking shop to make barrels and other wooden needs. Robins' shop also made all bands that secured the barrels.
Although the building enclosing the still collapsed and deteriorated many years ago, the almost century-old coil and boiler remained in relatively good condition. Naval stores experts from the Commission are reconstructing the still for the museum.
Commission officials emphasize their special thanks to Beatrice Pfeiffer and her family for this rare museum donation. A dedication date will be announced upon completion of the reconstruction project.
Chief Ranger Norman Weaver of the Commission's Screven County Unit and his personnel gathered components to the ancient still and transported them to Macon where they will be reassembled for the museum.

The ranger said old fire bricks used in the boiler section, century-old gum collection pans, bands once used around wooden barrels and other items were brought to Macon along with the large boiler and condenser.
This photograph ofhuge rosin yards at the docks in Savannah was made in 1903, two years after the Pfeiffer still began operation. The rosin was in wooden barrels, which represented another forest-related indushy ofthat era.

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THE BOOK CORNER

,, Thousands ofyoung trees and shrubs have been planted at the Carter Center in Atlanta and additional plantings are made each season.
(Carter Center Photo By Paul Dingman.)

CARTER CENTER AWARDED

The Carter Center in Atlanta has received the Georgia Urban Forest Council's 1993 Outstanding Civic Organization Award for the effort the center made in saving ancient oaks and other mixed hardwoods during construction of the complex.
The award also cites the center, which draws almost 100,000 visitors annually from around the world, for planting almost 2 ,000 trees and 100,000 shrubs and groundcovers during the initial phaseof construction.

Additional trees are being planted each season.
The Carter Center is now working with Georgia Department of Transportation and neighborhood groups in right-of-way plantings along streets leading into the center.
In emphasizing the care taken to save trees on the site, the Council reported President Carter personally eliminated a major doorway in the center's chapel after construction was underway because of the impact it might have on a nearby tree.

MILLIANS HONORED
Bill Millians, Jr., retired Milledgeville District Forester, was recently named Baldwin County Citizen of the Year.
Chosen for the honor over ten other nominees, Millians was commended for his civic work in Milledgeville< md his willingness to help in other areas.
Millians joined 14 others on a trip to Lupus, Mo., to help rebuild the floodravaged community. "Volunteering his time and expenses is typical of Millians," said his pastor, Gary Abbott of First Baptist Church.
"He worked all day long every day and never stopped."
Millians also has helped build a church in New York, and when Hurricane Hugo

hit South Carolina, he was there amid the destruction, the pastor said.
The retired Commission forester was also cited for his work in the Meals on Wheels program and several other projects on the local level.
FUNDS RECEIVED
Georgia received $1 ,240,412.85 as its share of national forest receipts for fiscal year 1993, according to the U. S. Forest Service.
By law, 2 percent of the revenues collected by the Forest Service from the use of national forest system lands and resources are returned to the states where the lands are located. The states are required to use the funds for schools and roads .

TREES - FRIENDS FOR LIFE By Georgia Tree Coalition, 8 1/2 by 11 paperback (free). Call (404) 656-3204
A useful, concise and easy to understand publication on diverse tree species for Georgia urban landscapes. Fifty recommended species are included in a format that tells the reader at a glance whether or not tree characteristics match objectives. A coded Georgia map makes geographical reference easy.
The book is divided into two sections: Small trees (15 to 40 feet tall) and large trees (50 to 100 feet). Information on each species includes the following: Mature Height - gives height since location is critical to success and survival of a species. Soil- designates moisture level in which tree grows best. Root Structure - indicates root system depth with notation on outward spread in relation to tree canopy. Growth Rate - normal growth rate under typical conditions. Storm Resistance - ability to withstand wind and ice. Hardy Zone - state areas most conducive to survival and growth. Form- a silhouette of tree with printed form and texture. Remarks - general information such as characteristics, major insect and disease problems, and utility lines consideration.
With species ranging from American holly to Japanese Zelkova, this 16-page book provides an informative addition to any forestry bookshelf. Jay Lowery, City of Atlanta Forester, provided primary content and format. Additional technical expertise was contributed by several arborists and foresters.
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A classroom in Thomaston was one ofmany stops along the trail as the runner presented his message ofreforestation and other measures to protect the en vironment

CRUSADER RUNS ACROSS STATE

TO PROMOTE TREE PLANTING

Tim Warnick did it again! The environmentalist and amateur marathon runner repeated last year's ''Trail of Trees" run across Georgia, but this time he did it across the mid-state and stopped at 22 towns along the way to promote tree planting and other conservation measures. The trail started in Columbus and took a circuitous route through Warm Springs, Warner Robins, Macon, Griffin, Atlanta, Athens, Washington and other towns before ending in Augusta. Commission foresters and rangers worked with schools and civic groups
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along the route to arrange for Warnick to present his program. The fifth grade class, taught by Mrs. Patricia Hayes at Upson Eementary School in Thomaston, was one of the schools visited and the young students paid rapt attention to Warnick's presentation. His talk, both informative and entertaining, concerned the need for young citizens to understand the great value of trees and invited student participation in identifying dozens of products in their classroom that were derived from the forest .
By using a globe, maps and other props, he emphasized the importance of

children planting trees at their homes to become partners in the global community to help prevent damage to the environment.
Warnick's run across the state also helped raise funds to plant trees locally and around the state to make it "cool and green" for the 1996 Olympic Garnes in Georgia.
The runner's trip through Georgia was sponsored by the Georgia Forestry Commission and the Georgia Trees Coalition, a partnership of local, state, and federal agencies, businesses, tree action groups, and private citizens formed in 1991 to plan and coordinate the

planting of over 25,000 trees in various Georgia locations in preparation for the 1996 Olympics.
Warnick's run across Georgia last year stretched over 440 miles, and reached out with the message of environmental responsibility and physical and mental fitness to over 22,000 school children. His accomplishments this year were also as successful as his 1993 run across Georgia. He has also completed runs across other states last year, including New York, Texas , North Carolina, Aorida, Virginia, and South Carolina. Warnick is the founder of the ''Trail of Trees ," a nonprofit organization supported by the L'Enfant Foundation in Washington D. C. In his campaign, Warnick has helped plant over 50,000 trees and made presentations to more than 100,000 people.

Tim Warnick made good money as a professional chef, and blew it on cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. But one day in 1989, shortly after his favorite uncle died of lung cancer, Warnick had a revelation.
It happened in Joyce Kilmer National Park near Warnick's hometown of Cashiers, N. C. He suddenly felt a spiritual connection to the earth, and a surging sense of purpose.
"It was kind of like these trees spoke to me," said Warnick, 34. "I was ove rwhelmed by the magnitude of the forest. "
Before emerging from his own private Walden , Warnick had decided to dedicate the next five years of his life to spreading tiny bits of the forest across the country. He decided to combine
his passions of running and the environment by runn ing across several states, planting trees and spreading the message of environmentalism to children.
Glenn Coin Observer-Dispatch
.Utica, N Y.

FOREST FARMERS
ASSOCIATION SETS
ANNUAL MEETING
Charting a New Forestry Course Through Troubled Waters is the theme of the 1994 Southern Forestry Conference and annual meeting of Forest Farmers Association April 2729 at the North Charleston Marriott in Charleston, South Carolina.
Association officials said a slate of well-known experts will address the pressing issues that confront forest landowners today. Program participants include Bob L. Schieffer, anchor of the Saturday edition of CBS Evening News and moderator of the Sunday CBS news show Face the Nation; John Hosemann, chief economist and director, Public Policy Division of American Farm Bureau Federation; Congressman Charles Taylor (R-NC) , a defender of private property rights in Congress; and Charles Raper, G. W. Peake Professor of Forestry at Auburn University.
A panel of landowners discussing government regulations will include Peggy Re igle , chair, Fairness to Landowners Committee; Ocie Mills, Navane, Florida; and Ben Cone, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Attendees will have the opportunity to sharpen their forestry business skills by attending concurrent workshops designed to give landowners the winning edge in today's business climate.
For further information on the 1994 Southern Forestry Conference and Annual Meeting of Forest Farmers Association, contact Forest Farmers Association, Box 95385, Atlanta, Georgia 30347 - (404 325-2954.

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FORESTRY QUOTES

"If I were to pick my greatest accomplishment in public office, I think it might be the establishment of the Forestry Commission. When we started it, forestry in the state was a $300 million industry. Now they tell me it's over $12 billion."
Herman Talmadge, Former Georgia Governor
and U. S. Senator
"In the past seven years we have doubled the amount of information we know about trees. If you have a tree care book that is more than five to ten years old, it's time to buy a new book. How trees are tended has changed rapidly. We have discarded mythology and those old tales that have been damaging our trees for decades."
Forester Kim Coder, Georgia Extension Service
"...and because Forest Service employees are dedicated to doing what's right, I don't need to know how to do everything. I've got 30,000 highly trained, competent people to do the Forest Service job. Just as I did on my first job, digging ditches, I'm going to do with this job-l'm going to get in there and dig. And, in the end, people will get to decide: Was the ditch dug straight and deep or not?"
Jack Ward Thomas recently named Chief,
U. S. Forest Service
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Research Scientist Jan Yang (left) and Professor Karl-Erik Eriksson are shown with world's largest scale model pulp mill. Related equipment donated with mill will be used for pollution reduction research at the University of Georgia.
(Photo by Rick O'Quinn/UGA News Bureau)
DONATED MODEL MILL
VALUED AT $200,000

The world's largest scale model pulp mill, valued at $200,000 , has been donated to the University of Georgia, according to UGA reports.
University sources said the model was donated with $70,000 worth of related research equipment by Alabama River Pulp Company. The pulp mill model, located on the UGA campus in Driftrnier Engineering Center, was built before construction began on a large Kraft paper mill near Purdue Hill, Alabama, that now produces almost 15,000 tons of pulp a day.
The model is 30 feet long, 20 feet wide and 9 feet tall at its highest point. Although it is not operational, the scale model shows students the exact design of a pulp mill.
Equipment accompanying the mill will be used in a UGA campus program to study alternative methods of bleaching paper pulp and enzymatic de-inking of recycled paper.
Karl-Erik Eriksson, UGA professor of biochemistry, said, "To study quality as we must, this equipment is absolutely essential. We have the full range of testing equipment we need at this point."
The equipment is now being used by a UGA research team that developed a process for bleaching pulp that helps reduce pollutants. The Clinton

administration has established new rules that will require virtual elimination of dioxin contamination in rivers a nd a reduction in toxic air emissions from pulp and paper plants. The regulations will effect an estimated 350 pulp and paper mills in various sections of the nation.
Wood pulp is usually bleached using chlorine or chlorine derivatives that result in by-products that sometimes contain di.oxin . According to UGA re ports, Professor Eriksson's research team has developed technology that can purify affluent streams of chlori nate d compounds by means of a system that prevents waste water from being dumped into rivers, streams, or holding ponds.
The UGA researchers have also developed an "EnZone process"that uses an enzyme treatment in combination with oxygen , ozone and alkaline hydrogen peroxide bleaching stages. UGA sources said an operational pilot plant to test the process is scheduled to be set up this spring in the Driftmier Engi neering Center.
Jan Yang, a UGA research scientist in Professor Eriksson 's lab , said the donated research equipment includes oxygen monitors, pH meters, a paper sheet maker, and a device to test brightness and tensile strength of paper.

$70,000 IN STUDENT LOANS FOR UGA
FORESTRY MAJORS

C. M. STRIPLING

Rrst-Come-Rrst-Serve

More than $70,000 in college loan funds - that have remained virtually untouched for the past five years - are still waiting on a first-come-first-serve basis for Georgia high school graduates statewide who want to major in forestry at the University of Georgia.
C. M. Stripling, a Mitchell County tree farmer who was named national Tree Farmer of the Year in 1987, established the loan fund in 1988. Although the loan program was instituted primarily for the UGA Warnell School of Forest Resources, the same requirements for a loan apply to students attending the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences atUGA.
Designated the "C. M. and Bernice Stripling National Tree Farmer 1987-88 4H and FFA Loan Fund," the program offers preference to Mitchell County residents, FFA members, and 4H members.
"However," Stripling said, "this preference would certainly have presented no obstacle to other students applying since there have been only two applications for loans in the past five years." He added that both applicants were promptly granted the loans.
"One loan was for $5,600 and the other for $3,600," Stripling said. "One loan has been paid off and the other student is still in school. What I don't understand is why more students haven't applied for the loan. The requirements for a loan under this program are just

about as simple and lenient as a school loan can get. The student has to graduate from high school and maintain a passing average in college. A student would have to do this anyway to enroll in college and stay there ."

A conspicuous indication that the Stripling loan money has not been appropriately used is the $50,000 fund placed in trust with the University of Georgia now exceeds $70,000 due to accumulating interest. According to the

University of Georgia majors acceptable for students granted a loan through the Stripling fund include the following:

FORESTRY MAJORS

*Wildlife * Forest Biology * Fisheries * Forest Business

* Timber Management & Utilization * Policy and Recreation * Soil and Water Resources * Forest Science

AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MAJORS

* Agribusiness * Agricultural Communications * Agricultural Economics * Agricultural Education * Agricultural Engineering * Agricultural Technology
Management *Agronomy * Animal Health (Pre-Vet) * Animal Science * Biochemistry * Biological Science *Botany * Chemistry

* Crop Science * Dairy Science * Entomology * Environmental Economics &
Management * Environmental Health Science * Food Science * Horticulture * Landscape and Grounds
Management * Microbiology * Plant Pathology * Plant Protection and Pest
Management * Poultry Science

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trust agreement, all Georgia high school seniors - who have been accepted for enrollment in the UGA Warnell School of Forest Resources or the College of Agricultural and Evironmental Sciences at UGA - are eligible for a loan.
The loan pays $800 per quarter to a total of $9,600. Repayment at 5 percent interest begins the fourth month after leaving school. This is a co-signer loan available through the UGA Office of Student Rnancial Aid.
"Apparently, a lot of people just don't know about it," Stripling said. "because a number of people - some with the Commission - have said they wished a loan program like this had existed when they were in forestry school. I want this thing to be used so it can benefit as many Georgia students as possible."
Stripling emphasized that the selfperpetuating design of the program is the basis for future potential. "The more students using the program, the more interest increases and the more the fund builds for future use," he said.
Both Stripling and UGA personnel consider the program to have significant potential because there was previously no school loan program exclusively for the UGA Forest Resources School. The original guidelines were intended to benefit Georgia forestry students. As plans progressed, agricultural and environmental majors were included.
SCHOLARSHIP
The final benefit added to the Stripling fund was a scholarship provision applying only to students accepted by or enrolled in the UGA Warnell School of Forest Resources. The scholarship is for one year's tuition.
The same preference for Mitchell County residents, 4H and FFA members is applied to scholarship applicants. Also eligible are students already enrolled in the School of Forest Resources who have at least three quarters remaining before entering the professional program.
All selections for scholarship recipients are based on academic record, extracurricular activities and statement of career goals. The high school applicant must be in the top half of his or her class. If the student, has completed one or more
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Student Jason Pierce, DanielsviUe, is a recent C M Stripling Scholarship recipient
quarters of college, a grade point average of 3 .0 or better must have been maintained. The scholarships, presented annually at the School of Forest Resources Spring Awards Banquet, are contingent on the recipient's subsequent graduation from high school and enrollment in the University of Georgia as a preprofessional Forest Resources student. The scholarship is presented by C. M. Stripling or his designee . If the scholarship recipient changes majors or leaves UGA, the scholarship will be terminated.
Although requirements are much more demanding for a scholarship than a loan, Stripling feels competition has not created the number of applicants expected. ''This is not taking anything away from the winners of the scholarship," Stripling said. "Two boys and one girl have been awarded the scholarship. They are excellent students and highly deserving of the award. It's just that we expected more applicants because we know there are many more Georgia students interested in forestry and qualified to compete."
In any case, Stripling and the UGA School of Forest Resources personnel are trying to generate more participation in the scholarship competition.
Stripling is often asked why he established the UGA loan and scholarship fund. He says one of the main reasons is that he remembers only

too well, more than half a century ago, when he was forced to drop out of college during his freshman year due to illness. Now, in a society demanding im:reasing specialized education, he wants to offer others an opportunity he was denied.
ANOTHER REASON
"But, there's another reason ," Stripling said. "My grandfather, on my mother's side, came to the United States from Ireland. And it seems like the whole family back then evolved into teachers or preachers - both educators of sorts. I deviated from the pattern and became a tree farmer, but Istill have a strong affinity for education in general. Maybe this is just my way of participating in the cause."
Regardless of Stripling's motivation, the money for a college education in forestry is ready and waiting for Georgia students who take advantage of the opportunity.
For more information and application forms from the Warnell School of Forest Resources, contact: Susan Miller (Development Coordinator), Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602-2125. 706-542-1465.
For more information on the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental sciences, contact: Becky Carlson, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 102 Conner Hall, University of Georgia, Athens GA. 706-542-7868
For loan application materials, contact: Office ofStudent Rnancial Aid, 220 Academic Building, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602. 706-542-6147. Ask specifically for an application for the C M Stripling Fund
For detailed information on the loan, contact: Ed Sanders, Student Loan Department, 110 Business Services, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. 706-542-2965.

ANOTHER ATIEMPT TO
BEAT THE BEAVER
By Howard Bennett

North America's largest rodent, an aquatic creature having thick brown fur, chisellike teeth and weighing up to 50 pounds, has been building elaborate dams for Georgia landowners for generations.
Farmers, forestland owners and other rural residents, however, are not appreciative of the beaver's engineering skills that cause backwater impoundments that kill forests and row crops. Landowners are expressing interest in a device that has been invented to outsmart the eager dam b u ilder.
Dr. Gene Wood, a Clemson University ecologist working on the premise that a beaver will not build a dam if it does not detect water current flow or the sound of falling or trickling water, set about perfecting a device that would mask the sounds.
Today, his Clemson Beaver Fbnd Leveler is being used in Georgia and other Southern states to some~~and ~~~~~ as far away as Minnesota to help prevent millions of

WILL THE CLEMSON BEAVER POND LEVELER
HELP ALLEVIATE GEORGIA LANDOWNERS'
LONG-STANDING FRUSTRATION?
The leveler consists of a 10-inch PVC intake pipe pierced with 160 holes that allow the water to move at such a slow and steady rate that the muted sound cannot be detected by the

beaver. A wire cylinder surrounding the pipe prevents the animal from testing the small holes.
The beaver (Caster canadensis) is a vegetarian that feeds on leaves, twigs and trees; its favorite forest species includes river birch, black gum, pine, willow and dogwood. The animal often kills trees when feeding by girdling (gnawing through the bark to the cambium layer). The major damages occur, however, when trees are cut and used in construction of wood and mud dams that flood timberlands, cultivated fields and orchards. The hard working beaver presents a headache to road maintenance crews by plugging culverts and building dams under bridges. Backwater often inundates county roads and utility and railroad rights-ofway.
Wood said the device he developed "is most ideal for culvert situations. Beavers can plug culverts but can't get to the holes of the intake pipe which carry the flow and when they can't
detect water flow, they don't have a target to work on." The leveler has tested on many
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The pond leveler, above, is shown in place in illustration below.

sites in South Carolina and more than 200 are now in use in that state and others. The South Carolina Highway Department and the Tennessee Valley Authority are installing the device.
Bill Berg, research wildlife biologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, started testing the leveler after 49 were constructed by prison labor. They were installed by several agencies in his state to control dam construction in culverts and waterfowl impoundments. "So far, not a single site is being plugged by beavers," Berg said. "Some counties have had to hire crews for about $500 a day to maintain road culverts, and that hasn't been necessary since the levelers were installed."
Many Georgia landowners, especially those who have had valuable timberland flooded by beavers, will probably want to give the leveler a trial. They have been frustrated for years in waging an

unsuccessful war against the nuisance. Some have blasted the dams with dynamite, only to have the sly, webfooted creatures paddle back at night and rebuild; some have introduced imported alligators into ponds, only to find that the reptiles had little appetite for beaver meat.
Doug Hall, state director of Animal Damage Control, U.S. Department of Agriculture, said the leveler "works well when properly used." He contends the beaver is usually satisfied with the water level maintained by the device as long as he can travel back and forth to his den without being detected by predators and food supplies remain readily available. He said that if conditions are not suitable to the animal, however, there is nothing to prevent him from moving upstream or downstream to build a new dam.
Another problem voiced by some professional foresters is that the leveler tends to be more beneficial to wildlife

Elbow and stand pipe are optional. Needed only to manage water level ifmaintaining pond is an objective.

maintenance than the protection of timber; if evicted, the beavers readily establish a new home nearby that often results in more woodlands flooding .
A leaflet published by the university is in agreement that the leveler has limitations and doesn't attempt to eliminate "all beaver problems." It is said to work best where the water input to a pond is from a small stream or spring.
Hall explained that several devices, including the Three Log Drain and others have been used through the years, but Clemson University's leveler seems to be the most efficient tool for its purpose. He noted that none of the equipment has helped stem the rapidly rising tide in Beaver population across the state, a problem that calls for frequent trapping.
Many Georgia landowners agree that trapping and shooting are the only methods of dealing directly with the nuisance .
Hall, with offices at the University of Georgia in Athens, said he receives numerous calls from private landowners, timber companies and others troubled by beavers.
The director and his staff initially offer technical assistance and then provide

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Pond Side

operational control at the site if warranted. Under contractual arrangement, the beavers are trapped and explosives are often used to restore a stream channel to its natural flow.

BENEFICIAL ENGINEER

Although many Georgia landowners consider the beaver a stubborn and costly nuisance, to others he is a beneficial engineer who works without pay. His sturdy dams create fish ponds and watering holes for livestock. In some instances, the industrious dam builders help control erosion by slowing water ru noff.
A beaver family, consisting of two to nine members, builds a "home" dam and several minor dams above and below that construction. Dams are most frequently built away from large streams and lakes, but the beaver is known to move into larger bodies of water.
The females usually have a litter of three or four offspring in the spring or early summer and although the young can swim within the first week, they tend to remain in the family den for up to a year before venturing out on their own. Beavers are highly elusive creatures and about the only time they can be spotted by man is late evening and early dawn when fatigued from their night work and are less alert.
In gathering material to build a dam, the beaver can use its sharp incisors to cut through a five-inch tree in three minutes! The nocturnal animal burrows into the bank of a lake or stream to make a den and sometimes build elaborate lodges of sticks and mud in the vicinity of a dam to regulate the water level.

Chief Ranger Randy Kirksey of the Commissions Grady County Unit looks over a beaver dam that has caused backwater to kill a tract oftimber. Below, a pond leveler is being installed at another site to help prevent timber loss due to flooding.

NOT A PANACEA

Clemson University scientists point out that the leveler is not a panacea that would tame the destructive beaver, but was developed to meet two specific goals: to suppress the problem of flooding agricultural and timberlands and to maintain or improve some of the benefits derived from beaver ponds and associated plant communities, while preventing extensive flood damage. They stressed that the device
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~ H.ERCULES
Brunswick Plant

Dog handler Jerry Davis (left) and Richard Stager, Hercules corporate executive, pose with Jenka - the wonder dog that detects underground stumps - on one ofthe canine's visits to corporate headquarters in Brunswick.

$7,000 STUMP DOG EMERGES AS HERCULES CORPORATE CELEBRITY

Only Dog 01/ts Kind In The World
By Bill Edwards

A $7,000 super-nosey "stump sniffing" dog has become a corporate celebrity at Hercules Corporation of Brunswick and the popular canine defies anyone to prove she is not the only one of her kind in the world - a dog that sniffs out fatlighter stumps for fun and profit.
Richard Stager, district supervisor for Hercules, describes Jenka as "the only known stump dog in captivity." Stager, a
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20-year Hercules employee and University of Georgia forestry graduate, explained that the Brunswick Hercules plant is the only one of its kind in the free world, so Jenka is the only dog of her kind - a highly specialized caninedetector of underground stumps.
Although there are similar stump procurement operations in Siberia, no one has come forward with a Siberian

stump dog. The Brunswick plant was built in 1911
and known as the Southeastern Yaryan Naval Stores Company with operations focused on producing dark wood rosin, turpentine and pine oil. Hercules bought the plant in 1920 and expanded with new products and markets.
Hercules' operation concentrated on harvesting pine stumps from eight states.

Resin from stumps is refined for such products as paints, varnishes, adhesives, detergents and synthetic rubber.
Things went well in the Hercules stump business for 70 years. Then, in 1991, the corporation formed an "underground wood team" to investigate possibilities of finding underground stumps; above ground stumps were becoming less plentiful each year.
"But," said Stager, who is in charge of all stump procurement in Georgia, "we believe there are millions of tons of stumps right under the surface of the ground. The problem is knowing where to dig, because they're not making any more lighter stumps. The existing stumps are those left from pines probably cut 100 years ago - and those trees were probably 75 to 100 years old. That's what it takes to make a lighter stump and it just doesn't happen anymore."
Stager explained that although pine is abundant in southeast Georgia, young trees do not contain much rosin. A ton of fatlighter stumps will yield about 350 pounds of rosin, but a ton of fresh cut younger pines will yield only 25 to 50 pounds per ton. In an old tree, rosin saturates and preserves wood cells. Fast growing young trees are not mature enough for this process to occur.
With this finite number of lighter stumps considered, the idea finally surfaced within the Hercules organization to use dogs for sniffing out underground stumps. Some thought the idea was crazy; others thought maybe it wasn't so crazy. Stager considered the potential of a "stump dog" and contacted Global Training Academy, a Texas company that specializes in training dogs to sniff out illegal drugs and explosives . The company had even trained dogs to sniff out explosives left behind after the war in Afghanistar.

so well that Hercules bought three dogs at $7,000 each for a total of $21,000. Unfortunately, two of the dogs were killed in accidents. Marco, who liked to play with children, ran to meet a school bus and was hit by a car. The second dog, Chita, escaped from his pen in Folkston and was struck by a train.
Although the Belgian malinois (pronounced mal-uh-nwah), is very intel-

ligent and the breed of choice for Global Academy training, the dogs tend to be hyperactive and excitable - especially when ftrst separated from their structured environment.
Although all three Hercules dogs were carefully watched and received excellent care, special precautions were taken with the remaining Jenka. She was now the last and only one of her kind.

TRAINING

Global instructors said they had never trained a dog for this purpose, but would give it a try if they could get some lighter stumps (resinous pine stumps are not native to Texas). Hercules immediately collected an ample supply of stumps and shipped them to Texas.
Shortly afterward, two dogs were sent to Hercules for a trial run. The pair did

(Top Photo) Jenka pauses in pine forest clearing to test wind for resin scent ofpine stumps. The dog works at peak efficiency in open areas, so any lighter stumps down to eight inches below ground level are easy pickings. (Bottom Photo) Truckload of faUighter stumps is all in a days work for Jenka shown giving final scent test to area to be sure no stumps have been missed. The highly trained stump-finder accepts commands in Dutch and English to sniffout an average of50 to 60 stumps a day.
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LAST OF THE SnJMP DOGS
Stager said the handlers of Marco and Chita cried when the dogs were killed. 'The handlers spend a lot of time with these dogs and they become a lot like family to them," Stager said.
Despite the loss of Marco and Chita, Jenka has emerged as an admirable representative of her deceased colleagues. She lives with handler Jerry Davis and his family in Homerville and has found as many as a hundred stumps in a good day. Jenka also displayed all the positive qualities of the Belgian mailnois breed.
The malinois is one of four types of Belgian sheepherding dogs registered in Belgium and France as the Cien de BergerBeige. The breed is agile, versatile and easily trained. Many dogs have distinguished the breed in police and military work, search-and-rescue, and as guides. The malinois, like the four other sheepherding dogs in its classification, is sturdy and thrives on outdoor excursions. The average malinois weighs 62 pounds at an ideal height of 22 to 26 inches. Keen intelligence, easy-care-coat, and medium size are primary factors in making this a desirable breed.
Hercules dog handler Jerry Davis has found Jenka to be an ideal specimen of her breed. His only problem with Jenka was the initial necessity to speak to the dog in Dutch; she did not understand English. However, Jenka is now fluent in her understanding of English, even with a Southern accent.
Davis and Jenka have developed a highly perfected rapport for working together. Stager emphasizes that the abilities of the dog handler are equally important to the talents of this $7,000 dog, and he recognizes Davis as an unusually skillful practitioner of this art.
"If the wood is there, Jenka will find it," Davis said. "She'll average 50 to 60 stumps in a five-hour day." He added that this average find yields approximately 3,000 pounds of resin in a day. Obviously, Jenka has more than earned back her purchase price
DOG LIKES JOB
If all people liked their jobs as much as
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Jenka likes hers, their average office would be a different place. Jenka needs no motivating lectures to incline her toward increased productivity. Both Davis and Stager said this dog "lives to find stumps" and covers vast areas of pine forest in a day.
Jenka passes all above ground stumps as if she did not notice them. She knows people can see stumps above ground. When Jenka catches the scent of an underground stump, it's a different story.
The dog begins to dig with a fury and will dig up the entire stump if Davis does not stop her and indicate that he knows the stump is there. Then Jenka takes off again on a frantic zigzag run through the forest to capture her next stump.
"She can smell a stump eight inches below the ground surface," Davis said, "maybe even a foot if the soil is loose." After a particularly impressive find, Davis rewards Jenka with an orange rubber ball, which she chews for a few seconds before returning it to him.
The only thing that really sioolsJenka ckMm is extreme heat. On some summer days, when Georgia temperaturns hover around 100 d~, Jenka and her nose have to be given a rnst after an hour or two.
After a week of running the woods,

Jenka is ready to relax with the Davis family for the weekend and play with the kids. She has developed into as much of a pet as a professional work dog.
RETIREMENT AND PENSION
The Hercules Personnel Office has not designated a pension for Jenka, but this presents no lack of security for a stable retirement. Now four years old, Jenka is expected to retire at seven. Davis and Stager are both ready to take Jenka in for her rocking chair years. Judging from the reactions of Hercules employees, there are many others who would like to have her as a family addition.
When Jenka makes one of her occasional visits to Hercules Brunswick headquarters from the pine hinterlands of her Homerville station, employees rush from their offices to greet the phenomenal stump-finder. In fact, Jenka seems to receive similar receptions everywhere she goes.
Since Jenka has adapted so well to the English language and her increasing popularity, her next progression on the celebrity circuit
might be to sign autographs. 0

THIRD FIELD DAY PLANNED FOR MAY

The third biennial Land Use and Forest Management Field Day will be held Friday, May 6, on the James Morgan farm near Swainsboro, according to the Forestry Commission and other sponsoring organizations.
The one-day event has become a popular occasion for hundreds of landowners interested in the most effective methods of managing their forests, fields and streams.
The field day, to be held again on the Morgan farm 12 miles north of Swainsboro, will feature 23 demonstration stations where foresters and other natural resource specialists will explain exhibits and tell how land can be made more profitable and environmentally safe.

Planners said stewardship will be the theme again this year and six new demonstrations, as well as expansion of many of the others, are expected to greatly enhance the field day and be of interest to a greater number of landowners statewide.
Demonstrations range from prescribed burning and natural regeneration of the forest to straw production and estate and tax planning.
Admission, which includes a luncheon, is $10.00 if registration is made on or before April27 and $12.00 if made after that date. For registration or additional information, contact Forester Chip Bates or District Forester Dan Gary at the Commission's Statesboro District office in Statesboro. Phone (912) 681-5347.

lOOKING IWK

Georgia Forestry Commission Personnelpresent the Tree City USA Award to the City of Young Harris Tree Board Left to right are Dennis Martin, Jack Moss, and Everett Rhodes (GFC), tree board members Beth Palmour, Debbie Edwards and Barbara Chaille, GFC District Forester DavidMcClain, tree board Chairman PaulArnold, tree board members Jo Bearse and Dale Kuykendale, and Sharon Dolliver (GFC).

73 CITIES IN PROGRAM

Twelve Georgia cities received firsttime designation as Tree City USA for outstanding urban forestry accomplishments in 1993.
Forester Dennis Martin and Chief Rangers Everett Rhodes and Roger Lane of the Gainesville District worked with city leaders in Hiawassee, Homer and Young Harris to help them meet the standards to achieve the Tree City USA award. The Americus District also had three new cities to receive the award. Forester Steve Smith and Chief Rangers Todd Bell, Morris Cook and Sandra Veach assisted Buena Vista, Cordele and Woodland in attaining Tree City USA status.
Auburn, Calhoun, Fort Gordon, McDonough, Ocilla and Robins Air Force Base are also first-time award recipients. These twelve communities join 61 recertifying communities to make a total of 73 in Georgia that have

received the prestigious award from the National Arbor Day Foundation .The cities of Bainbridge, Blakely, Canton, Chatsworth, Cornelia, Covington , Dalton, Gainesville, Macon, Moultrie, Statesboro and Warner Robins received the Tree City USA Growth Award for special achievements in 1993.
For information on how your community can become a Tree City, contact your local Georgia Forestry Commission office.

DOLLIVER NAMED TO STATE BOARD

Sharon Dolliver, executive secretary of the Georgia Urban Forest Council and associate chief of the Forestry Commission 's Information and Education Department, has been appointed to the State Board of Registration for Foresters by Governor Zell Miller.
The state board is responsible for reg-

ulating forestry professionals in the state, including examination and licensing of foresters .
Dolliver, a professional forester and a former biology teacher, is a member of the Society ofAmerican Foresters,The University of Georgia Jayhole Club, the Georgia ~. National Arl:xx D3y Foundation and other forestry-related organizations.

1733
Georgia Colony traded products of the forest with several other British Colonies to the north.
1793
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Wh itney in a little shop near Washington in Wilkes County set off large scale forestland clearing in the upper coastal plain and lower Piedmont for cotton planting.
1882
The Naval Stores Exchange was chartered at Savannah.
1899
Georgia ranked seventh in the nation in lumber production . The Georgia Sawmill Association was formed with 25 charter members.
1925
The Forestry Administrative Act of 1925 provided funds for the State Board of Forestry and Burley M. Lufburrow became Georgia's first State Forester.
1987
Governor Joe Frank Harris and other dignitaries were among more than 1,500 persons attending the dedication of the new $1 billion Fort Howard paper mill in Effingham County.
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CAREER ENDS FOR NAVAL STORES SPECIALIST

F rester Grady Williams, who first earned the value of naval stores while growing up on a farm in Telfair County and went on to become one of the nation's leading specialists in the industry during his career with the Georgia Forestry Commission, retired at the end of 1993.
"I learned as a child that turpentine farming was a way of earning an advanced income from the trees on our family farm long before they were harvested as timber,"Williams said, "and naturally my interest in naval stores increased as I entered the forestry profession ." The forester has been engaged in numerous research projects through the years that have greatly benefited producers throughout South Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, the states that comprise the naval stores belt.
RECENT ACHIEVEMENT
One of the specialist's most recent achievements was the introduction of a sealed collection system, the use of a plastic bottle to replace the costly and labor intensive cup-and-gutter method of extracting oleoresin from pine trees. Although still in the experimental stage, it is believed the system could eventually revolutionize the way the product is harvested.
Jim Gillis, President of the American Turpentine Farmers Association and chairman of the Commission's board, praised Williams for his "devotion to

always seeking better and more profitable ways for producers to manage and harvest their crops." He said, "there is absolutely no way a dollar value can be placed on the contributions he has made since the U. S. Forest Service gave responsibility of the program to the Commission in 1973 ."
Williams, who was honored at a re-
tirement dinner in Dublin in January, attended Middle Georgia College and later earned a degree in forestry at the University of Georgia. He came with the

Commission in 1958 as assistant ranger of the Crisp-Dooly County Unit. After other promotions he was named McRae district forester, a position he held until 1973, when he became the Commission's naval stores specialist. He returned to the district post in 1984 to assume the dual responsibilities of district forester and specialist for the industry.
Gillis said Williams is "defininitely one of the leading naval stores authorities in this country and in the world and he will be missed in the industry now that he has retired." The specialist's international prominence is verified by the volume of mail his office receives from foreign lands. Inquiries concerning naval stores come from China, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, India and several other countries. Most of the foreign requests are for technical information . Williams explained, however, that "we're dealing with a highly competitive industry and I had to be careful in limiting information that would jeopardize the Am erican market. "
PROUD OF DISTRICT
Although he maintained a tight schedule in working with the industry, Commission officials pointed out that Williams never neglected his duties as district forester. "Actually, I'm extremely proud of the accomplishments of the personnel in our district,"the forester said. "We have maintained a very active reforestation program throughout th e
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Harry G. Graham, who came with the Commission in 1974, was named McRae District Forester, effective January. He succeeds the retired Grady Williams in the post.
Graham, a native of Laurens County, attended Middle Georgia College for one year and transferred to the University of Georgia, where he earned a degree in forestry. He worked as a forestry consultant following graduation and later

became forester-ranger of the Commission's Laurens County Unit, a position he held for five years. He was assigned to the McRae District office in 1979 to work in reforestation and stewardship programs.
The new head of the 11-county district and his wife, Angie, have two children, Jonna, 13, and Jenny, 10. The family attends Jefferson Street Baptist Church in Dublin, where he serves as deacon.

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Harry Graham

DEATH CLAIMS
JOEL W. HALL
Commission personnel ac.ross the state and other friends were saddened March 3 to learn of the death of Joel W. Hall, supervisor of the Dixon Memorial State Forest.
The forester, 47, died at St. Vincents Hospital in Jacksonville, Aorida following a brief illness. He was a native of Waycross, but had lived in Pierce County for many years .
A graduate of Patterson High School, he attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and later received a degree in forestry from the University of Georgia. He carne with the Commission's Turner County Unit in 1969 and was later named Americus District Forester. He was transferred to Waycross in 1980 to head that district and was later named supervisor of the Dixon Memorial State Forest.
The forester was a member of Central Baptist Church in Waycross.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs . Patricia Combee Hall of Blackshear; three daughters , Mrs . Teresa Fitzgerald, Miss Angela Marie Combee and Miss Helen Jean Combee, all of Blackshear; a son, Jeffery Wilford Hall of Blackshear; his mother, Mrs. Pauline Winn Hall of Patterson; a sister, Miss Pawnee Hall of Fernandina Beach; two brothers, Paul & Donald Hall, both of Patterson; and two grandchildren, Brad & Samantha Fitzgerald, both of Blackshear.

JOSLIN NAMED REGIONAL FORESTER

Bob Joslin of Ogden, Utah, has been named Regional Forester for the 13-state Southern Region of the USDA Forest Service in Atlanta, GA, according to Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas.
Joslin, currently Deputy Regional Forester for the Intermountain Region, will be the agency's top policy officer for the 34 national forests and two national grasslands in the South, which include more than 12.5 million acres of public land.
He will also oversee cooperative programs with state forestry and wildlife agencies across the region. His reporting date in Atlanta has not yet been set.
Joslin, a 29-year veteran with the Forest Service, has extensive experience in the South, having served as Deputy Forest Supervisor on the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky from 1980 to 1983, and as Forest Supervisor on the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana from 1983 to 1987.
A native of Palo Verde, Arizona, Joslin graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in forest management. He also completed the Senior Executive Fellowship program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at

Bob Joslin
Harvard University in 1987. Joslin began his Forest Service career
as a temporary employee on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona. Prior to his service in Kentucky, Joslin held resource management positions in Wyoming and Colorado. Joslin left the Kisatchie National Forest in 1987 to become Deputy Director of Timber Management in the agency's Washington office. He assumed his current position in Ogden, Utah in 1989.

NEW SUPERVISOR APPOINTED

George Martin, who began his U. S. Forest Service career 26 years ago in Mississippi, is the new supervisor of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia . His appointment was effective February 20.
Martin returns to Georgia for his new post after serving the past five years as deputy forest supervisor of Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee.
Martin, who replaces the late Ken Henderson, received a bachelor of science degree in forest management from Mississippi State University and a masters in forestry and recreation from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
He began his career on the National Forests in Mississippi, but also worked on the Jefferson National Forest in

Blacksburg, Va., before moving to Atlanta as a group leader for the Southern Region's Frre ;:1nd Aviation Group.
Martin currently serves on the National Wildfire Coordinating Group and chairs the resource management committee of the Southern Appallachian Man and Biosphere program.
The new supervisor replaces Ken Henderson who served in that position for four years. Henderson died of a heart attack in August of 1992.
Martin will make his home in Gainesville with his wife Carol and son Danny, 19, who will attend Gainesville College. His daughter Leigh, 24, lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and son David, 22, attends the University of Tennessee.
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people
In THE nEUJS

of Jesup, attended Wayne County High School, Ware-Tech, and earned a degree in forestry at Waycross Junior College. He formerly owned a building construction company. McManus and his wife , Robbie have an infant son, Brandon. The family is active in the Baptist Church...LEE BURNS, a native

CHIEF RANGER ROBERT WRIGHT, a native of Taliferro County who came with the unit in that county as patrolman in 1958 and transferred to Wilkes County early in his career to serve as ranger, retired in January. He was honored by

Wright

Collars

county officials and others at a retirement dinner for his 34 years of service to the county. Wright and his wife, Judy, have six children, Tim, Angelia, Tina, Dan, Martha and Paul. The retiree and his wife are active in Victory Baptist Church...NATHANIEL COLLARS, who came with the Commission in 1980, has been promoted to chief ranger of the Wilkes County Unit to succeed Robert Wright. Collars, a native of Wilkes County, attended high school in Washington and two years at a technical school. The new chief ranger and his wife,

Batchelor

Tanner

the former Miss Mable Jean Benson , have four children ; Nathaniel, Jr. , Renate , Netiqua , and Nathaniel III. The family attends Springfield Baptist Church ... MARK BATCHELOR, who came with the Commission in 1990, has been named chief ranger of the MorganWalton County Unit to succeed forester
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JAMES JOHNSON, who now serves as senior forester in four counties of the Athens District. Batchelor, a native of Morgan County, has a degree in ornamental horticulture from the University of Georgia. The ranger and his wife, Rhonda, and daughter, Ashlee, attend Gibbs Memorial Baptist Church, where he is a deacon and Sunday School teacher..JIMMY TANNER was named chief ranger of the Barrow-Jackson County Unit in August to succeed FORESTER RICK HATTEN, who is now assigned to the Athens District Office. Tanner, a native of Monroe, has a degree in ornamental horticulture from the University of Georgia. He came with the

Reynolds

McManus

Commission in 1986, beginning his career at the Morgan Nursery and transferring to the unit in 1993. The ranger is active in Campton United Methodist Church ... CHIEF RANGER LARRY REYNOLDS of the HarrisMuscogee Unit retired in February to end a 34-year career with the Commission .Fellow employees and other friends attended a retirement dinner in his honor. The ranger and his wife , Shelby, have three married children, Steve , Angelia and Kim , and four grandchildren . The couple attends the Pine Mountain Valley Church of God ... MARK McMANUS has been the chief forest ranger of the Bibb County Unit since midFebruary. He succeeds Steve Laval , who resigned several months ago. McManus , a native

Bums

Horton

of Carrollton who has served as ranger

in Henry and Heard County units, has

transferred to the Macon Office to train

for the position of investigator, a post

postition vacated by the recent retirement

of Milton Rose. Burns will attend the

Peace Officers Training School at the

Georgia Public Safety Training Center

in Forsyth. Burns and his wife Beverly

have moved from Carrollto n to

Macon ...JOHN HORTON, a Vietnam

veteran and a ranger in the Quitman,

Stewart, Webster Unit, has been

promoted to Chief Ranger. A native

of Stewart County, he atte nded

Abraham Baldwin Agricultu ral

College for two years. H e is a

member of the Lumpkin Lions Club.

The ranger and his wife Helen and

son Benjamin , 13, are members of

County Line Baptist Church .. .TOM

HUTCHESON is the new chief ranger

of the Washington County Un it. He

succeeds JIM

McDON AL D,

who transferred

to Wh itfield

Coun ty.

Hutcheson, a

...
Hutcheson

native

of

Washin gton

Cou n ty,

atten ded

Georgia Military College, ABAC and

South Georgia Technical School. The

new ranger and his wife Judy have

two children, Aaron and Ethan. They

are active in the First Ch ristian

Church of Sandersville .

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BEAT THE BEAVER
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does not negate the need for direct control of beaver populations where problems are both extensive and severe, although the leveler may reduce that need.
MARKET SLUMP
Chris Plott, owner and manager of Plott Hide and Fur Company in Griffin - a company that has been in business since 1923 - has bought beaver pelts from trappers across the state in good times and in bad. In recent years, the demand for pelts has been in a deep slump and a trapper today can only expect $7.00 to $10.00 for a stretched and dried beaver skin. The fur dealer said the depressed market has discouraged many from going after the beaver and that is undoubtedly causing a considerable increase in population. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources reported that only 4 ,116 beavers were trapped in the state last year.
Plott, who refers reputable trappers to many anxious landowners who call with beaver problems, predicts a brighter future in the market for beaver pelts as a demand continues to grow in China and some European countries. About 70 percent of his company's business is already in exports.
EASY METHOD
Although the leveler won't stem population growth, it is apparently working well in reducing timber loss due to flooding on some lands. Robin Hartrick, A Georgia Pacific Company district forester for northeast Louisiana and Arkansas, said he has found the leveler provides an easy method of eliminating flooding in road ditches and valuable timberlands.
When beaver darns are to be dug out for installation of the leveler, it has been said that darn destruction by hand is not difficult if an old forest firefighting tool known as a Pulaski is used. When the tool, which has an axe bit on one side and a maddox on the other, is used to break the downstream side of the darn, water pressure helps push out the debris.
When parts of a leveler assemblage

need to be transported across a body of water, they can be floated by placing water resistant tape over the ends of the overflow pipes. The pipes are then tied together to form a raft for transporting other parts to the site.
Joe Cockrell, a private lands biologist with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said that without the leveler, the landowner is compelled to kill the beavers and not derive any benefits from the ponds. "The leveler," he said, "allows the landowner to have the best of both worlds."
For further information on the Clemson Pond Leveler or free plans for building the device, write to the Department of Agricultural Communications, A-101 Poole Agricultrual Center, Clemson, South Carolina 29634 or call 803606-0109. The materials to build the leveler will cost about $200. For technical or operational assistance with a beaver problem, write Animal Damage Control, School of Forest Resources, UGA, Athens GA 30602 , or call 706/5462020.
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CAREER ENDS FOR NAVAL STORES SPECIALIST district and we have worked to stress conservation through school programs and in adult educational projects. Our people have an excellent record in fire suppression and fire prevention and enjoy a good relationship with the area landowners. A lot of progress has been made."
Williams and his wife, Emma Jean, are active in the United Methodist Church. He is president of the Telfair County Division of the American Heart Association and a member of the local Lions Club. The couple has two sons, Dave and John.
The retiree said he intends to continue to play a role "in some capacity" in naval stores during his retirement.
Williams said the McRae District is "in good hands" with the appointment of Harry Graham to succeed him as district forester and the naval stores industry can continue to call on Specialists Wesley Hartley and Ed Herbert for assistance.

MISS
GEORGIA
FORESTRY
PAGEANT
A new Miss Georgia Forestry will be selected and crowned at the 54th annual pageant scheduled for June 24-25 at the Radisson Downtown Hotel in Macon.
The pageant, started in 1940 in Waycross and later held for many years on Jekyll island, was moved to Macon two years ago. Contestant representing about 45 counties each year vie for the crown.
The reigning Miss Georgia Forestry is Denise Michelle Griffin of Fitzgerald and Amy Thompson of Lyons is the current Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine, a crown awarded to a contestant representing one of the counties that produce naval stores. Both will crown the new queens at the annual event.
Miss Georgia Forestry receives a $2,500 scholarship to the school of her choice after completing her one-year reign . She represents forest industries, associations and other forestry interests by attending festivals , conventions, and other events where forestry is promoted. The runner-up receives a $500 scholarship.
Miss Gum Spirits of Turpentine, who represents the American Turpentine Farmers Association, receives a $1 ,000 scholarship and her photo appears on the organization's widely distributed annual calendar.
A contestant must have never been married, be between the ages of 16 and 21 , and a resident of the county she represents. Contestants selected on the county level enter the pageant in Macon for the finals . Additional information is available at all forestry offices.
Georgia Forestry/Spring, 1994/23

Stock market problems? Maybe it's time to turn to another type
investment - an investment of potentially higher yield and far less
risk. The demand for wood is at an all-time high and it will
continue to increase well into the new century. Contact the Georgia Forestry Commission for some solid facts concerning the investment advantages of planting fast growing trees in Georgia soil.

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